The answers to last week’s 5 True or False challenges are: 11. The statement that Tudors drank water with their meals was FALSE. People knew that drinking water made them ill so they rarely drank any. Most people – including children – drank ale or beer. Ale had been the staple drink but was now […]

6. Henry VIII had six wives – and half of them were executed. This is false. He did have six wives – but only two were executed. The sequence I learned at school went – divorced – beheaded – died – divorced – beheaded – survived. The ladies in question were: Catherine of Aragon who […]